I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry trashing Canopus, I've taken some pretty serious looks at their lineup for HDV / HDCAM, I found the UI way too twee compared to Vegas but it seemed to get the job done and their engineers are ready to listen to ideas, not the "we'll get back to one day next year", more the "let me ring Japan for you now and we'll see how long it'll take" kind of listening.
There was a hint some time ago of their high end hardware being made to work with Vegas, that'd be rather appealing.
Bob.